December 8, 2017 | The GOP-led tax reform bill moving through Congress that includes a new excise tax on the investment income of private colleges and universities not only affects liberal-leaning institutions but the districts of nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers who support the bill.

November 22, 2017 | The Center for Responsive Politics will be closed all day Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Center will be reopen at 9 a.m. on Monday, November 27th. OpenSecrets.org’s numerous data sets will continue to be updated during this time. And please check OpenSecrets Blog for the latest money in politics news. Thanks to you, more than 7 million users freely accessed…

November 21, 2017 | When a small nonprofit called the Judicial Crisis Network poured millions into a campaign to stop the Senate from confirming Barack Obama’s Supreme Court pick last year, and then spent millions more supporting President Donald Trump’s choice for the same seat, political observers assumed conservatives from around the country were showering the group with donations.

November 17, 2017 | One of the most active political organizations in the 2016 election cycle wasn’t a political organization at all. It was a nonprofit allied with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that received all of its money from anonymous donors and hardly reported any of its political spending to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Known as One…

November 16, 2017 | As we reported earlier this fall, members of the 115th Congress are likely to face far more — and better funded — challengers than in previous cycles. In particular, Democrats are fielding an unusually high number of challengers. But, despite political action committees from both parties attempting to boost involvement in politics by women, this…

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